“I used to pray for the discipline to lose weight. My diary is literally filled with prayers to God, `Please give me the willpower . . .’ Then when I finally did it, I realized you don’t pray for discipline, you get discipline by doing it.”

“. . . it wasn’t until I made the decision to be true to my word that my prayers were answered. I began to work out every morning whether I liked it or not. And before long, I started to behave and look like a disciplined person.”